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Ampelocissus elephantina

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Planchon

Common Names

• Vahilombo (Antankarana)

Geographical Habitats

• Comoros
• Madagascar

Natural Habitats

• Coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Dec -Feb (Madagascar)

Fruiting Times

• Nov -Jan (Madagascar)

Liana to 10m, tuberous root, tendrils. Leaves green with a few white spots, glabrous above, tomentous beneath. Yellow-green or red flowers, green calyx, brown corolla, red fruit

Edible fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2